#160840#160840

#160840 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 20.4% C 0.098 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160840
RGB	rgb(22, 8, 64)
HSL	hsl(255, 78%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(255, 88%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 87.5%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.45, 24.10, -32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.45, 40.47, 306.55°)
OKLab	oklab(20.36% 0.0258 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(20.36% 0.098 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.3428, 0.7143, 4.9166)
Luminance	0.0071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160840 #324008

analogous

#081640 #160840 #320840

triadic

#160840 #401608 #084016

tetradic

#160840 #400816 #324008 #084032

square

#160840 #400816 #324008 #084032

split-complementary

#160840 #403208 #164008

monochromatic

#09031B #09031B #160840 #290F76 #3B16AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.38

#160840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#160840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160840

18.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160840	1.00	18.38	1.14	18.38
#FFFFFF	18.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00133F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#021824

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 8, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.4% 0.098 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a4975',
    500: '#160840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160840;
$custom-light: #5a4975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20363,
    "c": 0.09767,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160840

secondary

#687E25

accent

#F434C4

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040108

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #160840

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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